Winter Storm Watch Issued For Central & Coastal Maine Monday

..BITTER WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THEN ANOTHER COASTAL STORM LIKELY
MONDAY...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN
MAINE MOUNTAINS. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AT TIMES.

THEN LATE SUNDAY YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE COAST
IN THE MID ATLANTIC. THIS STORM WILL TRACK SOUTH OF NEW
ENGLAND...AND SPREAD SNOW ACROSS PART OF THE REGION. THERE IS
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE FINAL TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE...WHICH WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF
SNOWFALL LINES UP. AT THIS TIME MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE
MOUNTAINS COULD SEE 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-

INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...
SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...
TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...
ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...
HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...
CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...
ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS
  POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN EARLY MONDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES DURING THE DAY MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY EVENING
  OR MONDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...6 BELOW TO 8 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

Stay tuned on this more likely snow storm for Monday... Downeast currently does not have a Winter Storm Watch issued for Monday. It may be issued later today.